WP Private Content Plus <= 1.31 - Unauthenticated Settings Change

2019-08-27 00:00

Jerome Bruandet

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.0

Affected PluginWP Private Content Plus

Affected Version<= 1.31

CVSS7.5High

CVECVE-2019-15816

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Vulnerability Overview

The wp-private-content-plus plugin before 2.0 for WordPress has no protection against option changes via save_settings_page and other save_ functions.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.0, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15816 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fb26ea7b-fc54-4cef-aaa8-3a41e8d0c371

CVSS Vector

7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone

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